Lee Saunders is a racing driver who competes in SCCA Majors. Saunders is a two-time champion (2020, 2023), with 15 wins and 27 podiums from 38 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 2,834 ranks Saunders 9276th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.
| 2026-03-01 | Sebring International Raceway SGT | P1 | +94 |
| 2026-01-11 | Sebring International Raceway GT2 | P3 | −4 |
| 2026-01-10 | Sebring International Raceway GT2 | P2 | +25 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +207 | & Class 2023 | Trans-Am | P1 |
| +164 | Daytona International Speedway 2019 | Trans-Am | P1 |
| +148 | Daytona International Speedway 2019 | Trans-Am | P1 |
| +144 | Sebring International Raceway 2020 | Trans-Am | P1 |
| +128 | Brainerd International Raceway 2020 | Trans-Am | P1 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸SCCA Majors | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P12 | +21 | 2,834 | |
| ▸Trans-Am | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P7 | +94 | |||
| 2025 | ▸Trans-Am | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P7 | −80 | 2,719 | |
| 2024 | ▸Trans-Am | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P5 | −301 | 2,799 | |
| ▸SCCA Majors | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P35 | −97 | |||
| ▸Trans-Am TA2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P26 | −132 | |||
| 2023 | ▸Trans-Am | 9 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P1 | +646 | 3,329 | |
| 2022 | ▸Trans-Am | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P5 | −112 | 2,683 | |
| 2021 | ▸Trans-Am | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P6 | +43 | 2,795 | |
| ▸SCCA Majors | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P26 | −48 | |||
| 2020 | ▸Trans-Am | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P1 | +198 | 2,668 | |
| 2019 | ▸Trans-Am | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P4 | +1,643 | 2,993 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏳️ Milton Grant | 1,749 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 67% |
| 🏳️ Carey Grant | 2,093 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 67% |
| 🏳️ Aaron Pierce | 1,927 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 82% |
| 🏳️ Adrian Wlostowski | 3,807 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 60% |
| 🏳️ Joe Moholland | 943 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% |
| 🇺🇸 Ricky Sanders | 2,848 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% |
| 🏳️ Tim Kezman | 2,171 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% |
| 🏳️ Larry Bailey | 1,864 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% |
| 🏳️ Mark Boden | 3,445 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% |
| 🏳️ Justin Elder | 2,425 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% |
| 🇺🇸 James PesekFIA Silver | 3,881 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇺🇸 Gian BuffomanteFIA Silver | 3,509 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9,266 | 🇺🇸 Caden Kvapil | ARCA Menards Series | 2,836 |
| 9,267 | 🇩🇪 Kim André Hauschild | 24H Series | 2,836 |
| 9,268 | 🇦🇴 Lorenzo Campos | Spanish F4 | 2,836 |
| 9,269 | 🇮🇹 Luca MAGNONI | Le Mans Cup | 2,836 |
| 9,270 | 🇩🇰 Vincent Andronaco | GT World Challenge Europe | 2,836 |
| 9,271 | 🇦🇷 Ariel Robbiani | Turismo Carretera | 2,835 |
| 9,272 | 🇺🇸 Chris Lafferty | ARCA Menards Series | 2,835 |
| 9,273 | 🇺🇸 Doug Winston | Trans-Am TA2 | 2,834 |
| 9,274 | 🇺🇸 Hunter Baize | ARCA Menards Series | 2,834 |
| 9,275 | 🏳️ Ian Stinton | British GT Championship | 2,834 |
| 9,276 | 🏳️ Lee Saunders | SCCA Majors | 2,834 |
| 9,277 | 🇺🇸 Robert La Rocca | IMSA Prototype Challenge | 2,834 |
| 9,278 | 🇺🇸 Doug Miller | ARCA Menards Series | 2,833 |
| 9,279 | 🇳🇱 Gijs Bessem | 24H Series | 2,833 |
| 9,280 | 🏳️ Max Coates | 24H Series | 2,833 |
| 9,281 | 🏳️ Sean Varwig | SCCA Majors | 2,833 |
| 9,282 | 🇬🇧 Will Powell | 24H Series | 2,833 |
| 9,283 | 🇺🇸 Cory Friedman | Historic Sportscar Racing | 2,832 |
| 9,284 | 🏳️ Dean Copeland | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | 2,832 |
| 9,285 | 🏳️ Nick Rosseno | Trans-Am TA2 | 2,832 |
| 9,286 | 🇧🇪 Rodrigue Gillion | Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe | 2,832 |
Lee Saunders is a semi-professional racing driver with a Racer Rating of 3,179, placing him in the competitive amateur to semi-professional band; this means he wins regularly in his chosen series but typically races against a field of experienced amateurs and club-level professionals rather than at the sharp end of the national or international grid. His career spans eight seasons from 2019 to 2026, concentrated almost entirely in Trans-Am competition where he has established himself as a frontrunner. Across 30 Trans-Am starts, Saunders has recorded 14 wins and 23 podiums, with an average finishing position of P3.6 across all his racing; he has won the Trans-Am SGT championship twice, in 2020 and 2023, establishing consistency at the top of that field.[1]
Saunders' head-to-head record against his regular rivals shows command of his peer group. He has finished ahead of Milton Grant, the 2022 Trans-Am SGT champion, in 14 of their 20 shared races; he has outfinished Carey Grant in 8 of 11 meetings and Aaron Pierce in 8 of 10. His most impressive individual performances have come against drivers ranked notably above him: he has beaten Adrian Wlostowski, a professional-tier driver rated 4,030, five times across nine shared races; he has also finished ahead of Mark Boden, a former Trans-Am SGT champion rated 3,952, twice; and he has taken isolated results over FIA Silver rated James Pesek and 2024 and 2025 Trans-Am GT champion Chris Coffey. These victories against higher-ranked competition are scattered rather than systematic, but they indicate capacity to run with established professionals when circumstances align. Saunders remains active in Trans-Am competition in 2026, having recorded a win and a podium in his single round so far.